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[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

I think the full-size barrel M2 (43" or so) is still 13d, while some of the shorter barreled ones are less.

From looking through Pulp Guns the other day I even think that one of the earliest variants with water cooling and a long barrel was 7Dx2.

<goes and looks> Yeah, 5th paragraph, right hand side p.22. The original M2 usually mounted on an antiaircraft tripod.

So the answer is "it depends". I suspect that if Hans adjusted anything it would be which of the many versions was used in the weapons table.

[The_Ryujin]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

I think the full-size barrel M2 (43" or so) is still 13d, while some of the shorter barreled ones are less.

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

From looking through Pulp Guns the other day I even think that one of the earliest variants with water cooling and a long barrel was 7Dx2.

<goes and looks> Yeah, 5th paragraph, right hand side p.22. The original M2 usually mounted on an antiaircraft tripod.

So the answer is "it depends". I suspect that if Hans adjusted anything it would be which of the many versions was used in the weapons table.

Ah, ok. That makes sense.

Originally Posted by (E)

Thanks for that

Don't use the numbers I gave you! While going over some of the issues with the Chinese guns listed in Low-Tech with Icelander I found that there was a bug in my spread sheet formula!

The correct numbers are:

2d pi++ for the 225 grain projectile.
1d+2 pi++ for the 250 grain projectile.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

[(E)]

Originally Posted by The_Ryujin

Don't use the numbers I gave you! While going over some of the issues with the Chinese guns listed in Low-Tech with Icelander I found that there was a bug in my spread sheet formula!

The correct numbers are:

2d pi++ for the 225 grain projectile.
1d+2 pi++ for the 250 grain projectile.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Thanks are still provided.

Those numbers are close to what I had originally, they looked a bit low (to my eyes for a hunting rifle). Also from memory they didn't line up with the historic air rifle stats. (I'm away from my books).

[The_Ryujin]

Originally Posted by (E)

Thanks are still provided.

Those numbers are close to what I had originally, they looked a bit low (to my eyes for a hunting rifle). Also from memory they didn't line up with the historic air rifle stats. (I'm away from my books).

Looking over the stats for the Steyr-Girandoni M.1780, it gets 2d pi+ which lines up with a lead ball of 149 grains moving at around 900ft per second which is in the higher end of muzzle velocities I could find.